This is an analysis of the poem Quality And Choice Used For The Safety Net that begins with:

Should people of greed,
Be thrown a lifeline? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXc dadXbc ccaaXdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11001 01011 110101100 01011100 001001101001 11101 1111 1010001010 110000 000101010 1101110101 11001000101001 0010101001101 1010001010 1101 1011010010 01110101 010011110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Quality And Choice Used For The Safety Net;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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